The Member for Hinkler Keith Pitt and Bundaberg Fruit and Vegetable Growers executive officer Peter Hockings discuss Australian Border Force raids on farms around Bundaberg in which 12 illegal workers were detained.

International aid agencies say global food security is one of biggest issues the world is facing. In the east African nation of Tanzania, farmers are desperate for better access to markets to ensure they cannot only feed the population but also offer their children a better life. As Brett Worthington reports, farmers say their government is doing little to help lift them out of poverty.

NSW Farmers Cumberland branch secretary Ted Byers said a cucumber farmer from Badgerys Creek approached his organisation asking for help to deal with an eviction notice, to make way for a new Sydney airport. Ian Sinclair, principal consultant with Edge Land Planning and PhD candidate at Sydney University, said he believed the issue of farmers being moved out of metropolitan areas to make way for infrastructure and residential developments was an increasing problem. Read more.